1. Nancy O'Dell was born on Nancy Evelyn Humphries; February 25,1966 and is an American television host and entertainment journalist.
30 Facts About Nancy O'Dell
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Nancy O'Dell served as co-anchor of the syndicated entertainment news show Entertainment Tonight from January 3,2011, to August 2,2019.
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Nancy O'Dell won the Miss South Carolina pageant in 1987 and represented the state at Miss America 1988, where she won a preliminary swimsuit award.
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Nancy O'Dell began her broadcasting career as a reporter and anchor at WPDE-TV in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Nancy O'Dell later worked as morning news anchor and crime reporter at WCBD-TV in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Nancy O'Dell was honored by the Associated Press with the Best Report of the Year Award.
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Nancy O'Dell left that station in 1995 to move to Las Vegas.
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Nancy O'Dell joined the entertainment news program Access Hollywood when the program debuted in 1996.
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Nancy O'Dell covered such ceremonies as the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, and Golden Globe Awards, as well as co-hosting a number of pre-shows and arrivals for the Emmys and Golden Globes.
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Nancy O'Dell co-hosted the Miss USA and Miss Universe competitions in 2004 and 2005.
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Nancy O'Dell co-hosted the New York City St Patrick's Day Parade on WNBC from 2004 to 2006.
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Nancy O'Dell co-hosted the Miss USA 2006 pageant with Drew Lachey, the Miss Universe 2006 pageant with Carlos Ponce, and the Miss USA 2007 pageant with Tim Vincent.
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Nancy O'Dell guest starred in The Simpsons episode "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder", voicing herself.
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Nancy O'Dell portrayed herself in Scream 2, Scream 3, and Scream 4 and served as host and consulting producer of the USA Network talent competition Nashville Star for its first two seasons.
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In 2009, Nancy O'Dell hosted NBC's pre-show for the 66th Annual Golden Globes with Tiki Barber and Brooke Burke.
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Nancy O'Dell portrayed herself in the Hannah Montana season three episode "Cheat It".
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Nancy O'Dell was to participate in the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars, paired with professional dancer Tony Dovolani, but had to withdraw before the season started after tearing her meniscus during training; her replacement was Melissa Rycroft.
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Nancy O'Dell underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair it on March 20,2009.
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Nancy O'Dell left the show with two years left on her contract.
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On June 22,2010, Nancy O'Dell hosted the Nashville Rising concert to provide flood relief for Nashville residents, after the floods in May of that year.
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Nancy O'Dell shared hosting duties with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
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On January 3,2011, Nancy O'Dell joined Entertainment Tonight as a special correspondent, and she succeeded Mary Hart as co-anchor after Hart left the show in May 2011.
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An avid scrapbooker, in 2010 Nancy O'Dell partnered with Creative Memories to release her first collection of scrapbooking supplies, the Hummingbird Collection, and her second book, Full of Love: Mom-to-Mom Advice for Enriching Families with Simple Photo Albums and Scrapbooking.
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Nancy O'Dell paid respects to her manager who recently died.
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Nancy O'Dell was married to Dr Richard Nancy O'Dell from September 30,1995, to November 4,2004.
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Nancy O'Dell gave birth to their daughter, Ashby Grace, in June 2007, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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Nancy O'Dell said unexpected and surprising changes happened to her body during the pregnancy that prompted her to write a parenting book, Full of Life.
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Nancy O'Dell is one of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's National ALS Ambassadors.
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In September 2016, Nancy O'Dell filed for legal separation from Zubchevich and in November 2017, they filed for divorce.
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In May 2013, Nancy O'Dell received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Clemson University.